Aims
The study aims to gather and examine evidence which will enable Government to decide whether it could support a tidal power scheme in the Severn Estuary and if so, on what terms. Building on past studies, the feasibility study will provide an up-to-date overview of all the key issues involved.
There are six key work areas which will be looked at closely in the study:
- Environmental - impacts on biodiversity and wildlife; flood management; geomorphology (the study of the evolution and configuration of rocks and land forms); water quality; landscape; compensatory habitat;
- Engineering and technical - options appraisal; costs; design and construction; links to the National Grid, supply chain;
- Economic - financing; ownership; energy market impacts;
- Regional - impacts on business; regional social and economic impacts;
- Planning and consents - regulatory compliance; and
- Stakeholder engagement and communication.
The study will run for roughly two years (until 2010) and will be a two stage process with a decision point at the end of each. The first stage concluded with a 3 month public consultation launched on 26 January 2009 and focused on the high level issues, the scope of the Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) and a proposed short-list of potential tidal power project options from the initial 10 schemes. Following consideration of the responses received to the consultation, the gathering of evidence and assessment will continue through phase 2. At the end of phase 2, a second and final public consultation will be launched and Government will make a decision on whether and how a tidal power project could be supported. In doing so Government will consider the costs, benefits, impacts and risks of a Severn tidal power project and whether these are acceptable.
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